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Writing a scientific paper as part of the medical curriculum
- Source :
- Medical Education. 27:461-464
- Publication Year :
- 1993
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 1993.
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Abstract
- The curriculum at the Medical School, University of Tromsø reserves 23 weeks for optional studies, including a period of 12 weeks at the end of the fifth year when the students carry out an independent study and write a short thesis. Of the first 417 doctors (graduation year 1979-89) from Tromsø 84.6% answered a postal questionnaire asking them to evaluate this part of the curriculum. These postgraduates report high levels of satisfaction with and benefit from this part of the curriculum. A total of 26.8% started working on their thesis before the final 12-week period, 32.6% had also published their study, half of these in international journals, and 75.6% found that the skills acquired during the final optional period had been useful in their subsequent work, irrespective of specialty. In conclusion, postgraduates consider their work in preparing a scientific paper as an important and integral part of medical studies.
Details
- ISSN :
- 13652923 and 03080110
- Volume :
- 27
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Medical Education
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a23d011295127b823b4e091708c1e11b